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When the IRS harassed this tea party group in Toledo in 2011, demanding what books they read or discussed, they responded by sending the IRS a copy of the Constitution.

Working for the Democratic Party: When the IRS harassed this tea party group in Toledo in 2011, demanding what books they read or discussed, they responded by sending the IRS a copy of the Constitution.

“They wanted a synopsis of all the books we read,” Bower said. “I thought, I don’t have time to write a book report. You can read them for yourselves.”

Sadly, I doubt the IRS did that.

Genesis cover

On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.


The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
 

"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News

4 comments

  • D. K. Williams

    You have to hand it to the IRS. They’ve taken the concept “screw you” to a whole new level of obfuscation.

  • Pzatchok

    The more I hear about this whole thing the more I just want to cry. Physically cry.

    Well how about this idea. We will all drop this if the liberals will let us do it when we take back power, no questions asked.
    We will target news organizations and progressive groups. Muslim organizations and liberal universities.
    We get our chance to use the IRS and AG office as our hammer and anvil to grind them into forgotten dust.

    Or they can shut the buck up, quit the with stupid excuses and lets get to prosecuting those involved to the full extent of the law. Both high and low.

    If you send the lower level employees to jail over this the next group coming in will not do the same activity. Plus they might just turn on the higher ups this time.
    Once the higher ups find out they can not get the scrubs to take the fall willingly they will stop asking them to do these things.

    We need to pass a governmental employment rule. Get found guilty of willingly breaking the law and or abusing your office and power you are no longer eligible for that fat government retirement or further government jobs. Including government contractor jobs requiring a background check.

  • wodun

    Wonder what librarians think about this.

  • lino

    Those responsible should be dealt with by the law. Period.

    It may not happen on a quick enough schedule, but this time, I believe that it will happen. Neither end of the political spectrum will have to deal with this nonsense again.

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